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Guidebook on Registering Property in Malaysia.pdf

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GUIDEBOOK <strong>on</strong> REGISTERING PROPERTY <strong>in</strong> MALAYSIAAll Land Offices / Registries <strong>in</strong> Pen<strong>in</strong>sular <strong>Malaysia</strong> are committed to issue the new IDT with<strong>in</strong>the specified time frame.Generally it takes 1 work<strong>in</strong>g day for register<strong>in</strong>g of property. The process of register<strong>in</strong>g property atthe Kuala Lumpur Land Registry is shown <strong>in</strong> Diagram 4 (page 15).Diagram 4A (page 16) presents the workflow of the registrati<strong>on</strong> process at Kuala Lumpur LandRegistry (for c<strong>on</strong>sent to transfer <strong>in</strong>volv<strong>in</strong>g leasehold property).2b.2 Assignment of <strong>Property</strong>(for property without <strong>in</strong>dividual title)14No registrati<strong>on</strong> is required for properties without <strong>in</strong>dividual titles simply because the Land Office/ Registry does not have records of <strong>in</strong>dividual properties until the <strong>in</strong>dividual titles are issued.Properties without <strong>in</strong>dividual titles can be sold or change hands by means of a document calledthe Deed of Assignment (“DOA”).A DOA is a legal <strong>in</strong>strument used as a means of c<strong>on</strong>veyance of rights to property whereby theSeller (“Assignor”) assigns his rights and title to the property to the Buyer (“Assignee”).By the DOA, the Seller’s rights, <strong>in</strong>terest and title to the property as enshr<strong>in</strong>ed <strong>in</strong> the SPA, usuallycalled the Pr<strong>in</strong>cipal SPA (between the First Purchaser, the Developer and / or Proprietor) isassigned to the Assignor.Once the DOA is duly executed and stamped, the Assignee acquires legal rights and title to theproperty assigned. The <strong>on</strong>ly difference is that it is not registered at the Land Office / Registry.The DOA has to be adjudicated <strong>in</strong> a similar manner as for property with title but <strong>in</strong>stead of Form14A, the orig<strong>in</strong>al copy of the DOA is submitted together with Form PDS 15.

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